Charlo replaces water-damaged gym floor
KRISTI NIEMEYER | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 2 years, 9 months AGO
Kristi Niemeyer learned her newspaper licks at weekly newspapers, beginning at the Mission Valley News in 1981, then at the helm of the Ronan Pioneer and, eventually, as co-editor of the Lake County Leader until 1993. She launched and co-published Lively Times, a statewide arts and entertainment monthly, before returning to the Leader in 2022, and serving as its editor until July 2026. Reach her at [email protected] | November 15, 2023 11:00 PM
The floor in Charlo School’s old gym, damaged after a pipe burst beneath it last month, will be replaced according to Superintendent Steve Love.
The leak was discovered Oct. 2 by a school custodian. Water was shut off for the entire facility, which includes two gymnasiums, and a crew discovered that a water pipe running beneath the floor of the old gym had ruptured, perhaps due to settling between the old section and the newer one.
Although water didn’t flow directly over the gym floor, it did course through the stringers that support it, causing the floor to buckle.
In his weekly newsletter, Love said the old gym floor is being completely removed, including the stringers, and the concrete substructure has sensors drilled into it to measure moisture.
“Once those readings are acceptable to the flooring company and the new wood has had time to acclimate, they will begin installing the new floor,” Love wrote.
The district must pay a deductible of $2,500, he said, and the insurance company will cover the balance of the replacement cost, which is estimated at $268,000.
"If everything goes well we hope to back on it in early January," Love said.
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